Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1887-05-26

lower windows. Then they turned up the
sLfeet again, and near the Office OF the
Odaddtdn Freeman, an Irish Catholic news.
paper, the police arrested one OF their num-
Der. In an Instant the mob rescued him
and stoned the policeman. Then they
smashed the windows and broke In the
uoors OF the Canadian Freeman office. In
tne stone'throwlng at the hotel young
lrisman named Rowland was hit In the
head and knocked senseless. Sergeant
Nesbitt OF the people was hit IN tho
shoulder, and several policemen had thelr
hats knocked Off.
When the mob, or part OF It, rushed down
10 the Burnett House, 0'Brien's friends went
there and found that he was not In tho
motel. Then Behan, Sullivan, and some
others went quietly back to Newmans
house and found the house dark, aud the
front door bolted, No one would answer
tho bell. Then they went around to d Vine
gar factory, on q street adjoining. There
is passage from the factory to one yard OF
Newman's house, and Behan and the Others
hoped to ger Into the house In this way.
They were Just entering the factory when
someott the mob came along nnd recognized
tham. They were forced to iiee.
Nobody knew where 0'Brlen was till II
O'Clock, when Mr.. Peter Devlln, who lives
Mt the corner OF Wellington and Williams
streets, came down to the Burnett House,
where Mayor Carson was, and told him that
O'Brien was In his house. Mayor Carson
went to Devlin's house and escorted O'Brien
to the Burnett House. Mr.. 0Brien silid:
when ! came from the rink heard
cries OF There he ls + and kill him I Stones
began to be thrown Instantly, and O small
one hit me In the back OF the neck, Then
Hogan changed hats with me. Just before
tho change was made l happened TO turn
my head and saw big ruillan raising q
club over mo. The blow did not descend
upon me, and'l don't know who got IL. We
were surged along until we came to New
mans house, and then Hogan, who almost
held me In his arms, pushed me across the
stoop Of house into an alley way. From
this alley way we got into the kitchen OF a
man who is. am told, a red-hot Orange
man named Donnelly. We waited there
till tho street was comparatively clear, and
then we went down the street to Mr.. Dey-
Inns house. When Mayor Carson came ia
the house he offered to escort me TO the
hotel with the military, who were under
arms In their barracks. l told him that the
time for military to be called out was when
tho mob was collecting, aud that declined
their protection now.
Mr.. O'Brien held reception In tho Bur-
nett House. which lasted until o'clock
There is a swelling on his neck where the
stone struck hiuf, but tho hurt is not d
serious one. 1t was another case of clear
attempt at murder. The police coolly
allowed o drunken mob of 1000 people
cursing 0'Brien and threating his life, "a
collect on the street before the rink and lie
In wait for him when he came out. When
0'Brien did come out there was not the
slightest attempt on the part Of the police
10 protect him. He owes his life TO the here
who changed hats with him. The mob was
no more rowdy class than that at Toronto
and was composed almost entirely OF thu
Orange Young Britain organization. II hat
no aristocratic lenders. The newspaper
correspondents came in for u good share o
the mob's hatred, and they would lavt
Jared badly II they had been known vol
enough to be identified by the crowd. TIL,
white bandage around the head OF j. NJ
Wall, the Associated Press reporter, who
was hit at Toronto, rendered him con
spieuous, and when he came down TO th'
Burnett House in the mob he had to tea
| the bundage from his head.